Dirigible headlight for automobiles



Dec. 18, 1923.

A. C. DUKE DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 5. 1922 Ak n ms f. flu/ie Patented Dec. 18, 1923. l dlhfihll UhilTEfi STATES PATENT QFFIWEQ AUGUSTUS C. DUKE, F CEDARTOWNGEOBGIA, -ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES M. BURKE, OF CEDAR'IOWN, GEORGIA.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed July 5, 1922. Serial No. 572,845,

To //.7/ wiwm ii/may concern: a clamp 13 which is adjustably bolted on the Be it known that I, AUoUsTUs C. DUKE, steering cross rod D. a a citizen of the United States, residing at As will be understood by referring to Cedartown, in the county of Folk and State Fig. 1, the operation of steering cross rod 5 of Georgia, have invented a new and useful I) will correspondingly operate the head- Dirigible Headlight for Automobiles, of light. turning it in the direction in which which the following is a specification. the wheels of the automobile are turned so as 60 The object of my invention is to provide to throw the light ahead of the path in which every simple attachment which can be readthe vehicle is directed. rather than in line ily applied to any Ford automobile whereby with the path in which the front wheels of the headlights will be dirigible. I attain the vehicle are directed, instead of straight these and other objects of my invention by in front of the vehicle regardless of the di- 55 the mechanism illustrated in theaccornpanyrection in which it is turning. ing drawings, in which- I am aware that various dirigzible head-v Figure 1' is a perspective view of the inlights have heretofore been invented. The vention; and v present deviceis especially adapted for use Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section view on the headlights of Ford automobiles and on through member 6, can be inanufactured at a very small ex- Like characters of reference indicate like pense; and requ res only nine parts. of which parts in each of the views. four are duplicates, for the mstallatmn of Referring to the accompanying drawings, the device, thus providing a device which there a e shown the conventional brackets A can besupplied at the least possible cost. 5 on which the conventional standards B of lVha t I claim is: h dli h C are rdi il m t d ith In a dirigible headlight for vehicles of the non-dirigible headlight. The conventhe class described, the combination oi a' tional. steering arm F connected with the s pporting arm Comprising a forwardly proconventional cross rod I) connected with jecting portion a downwardly turned por 70 steering knuckles E are illustrated in their tlon and a renrwardly bent'portion. said arm convey; final form and arrangejnent, I having aligned Olll'lCiS in its parallel DUI- I vid a it bl l p t arm 2 t1ons. a headlight standard swivelly mounted d to b k t A b b lt 3, A 2 h in saul supporting, arm, a vertically disa downwardly turned section 1 and a l w posed spool link aliixed to said standard, a extension 4 parallel with member 2, the vertically disposed bent rod swivelly'mount-; members 2 and 4 having aligned orifi e 5 ed.1n the rearwardly bent portion of the sup- 7 The headlight standard B instead of being p e' al'nl and fi l t0 h af resaid nbunterl i th ti l b k t A is spool link, a link attached to the lower end of r] i th ifi 5 f th Support arm the bent rod, and a clamp to which the other n I 2 and is connected by spool link 6 with rodend of h link is l f Said 9. I provide suitable fastening screws 7 in clamp P l-l' secured to Steering element of pool link 6 as shown in Fig. 2. Rod 9 has a rezirwardlybent section 10 and a down- 1 v vyardlvbent section ll the end ofwhi his lVitnesses: swivelly attached to link 12 which latter link 1*. E. GLENN, has its other end swivelly mounted in the J. l. \VRIoHT. 

